* Ralf G. R. Bergs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 11:45:14 -0700, Jason Majors wrote: > > [...] > >> Even if you HAD a keyboard that fits you would SURELY kill your machine by > hot- > >> plugging it in (smash the keyboard-controller's fuse, if it has one, or > >> even > >> blow the controller itself.) > >No...I do this all the time whenever I need to boot my firewall or my server, > >both of which run without keyboards most of the time. > > Then you have probably just been lucky all the time. :-) > > Seriously, I've seen LOTS of fuses blow by just hot-plugging the keyboard. I > don't know whether modern boards are more robust with this respect, but I > doubt > it.
*boggle* That must have been an etherkiller reborn as a keyboard... Dima (no, I have _never_ seen a blown keyboard fuse) -- E-mail dmaziuk at bmrb dot wisc dot edu (@work) or at crosswinds dot net (@home) http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu/descript/gpgkey.dmaziuk.ascii -- GnuPG 1.0.4 public key Well, lusers are technically human. -- Red Drag Diva
